The wrong kind of details: the components of wonder (aka lmp's rant)

[The Squatter of Amon Rûdh]

I was thinking more of the whole yellow boots and funky rhymes routine.

Oh, that. Never really thought about it much myself: you can't have a decent planet without a bit of poor dress-sense and some quirky comic songs. After all, what sort of a world is it that only has sagas and tragedies? Everyone would be alcoholics.

Having said that, some readers are lost somewhere near the first "Hey dol", never to return, and serve them right too.